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Commentary: Japan could send a message to North Korea, China by amending its constitution
In May of 2017, I was in Kyoto, Japan, sitting on the patio of a Starbucks while scrolling through news headlines on my phone. The top story that day was that North Korea had test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, which had landed in the Sea of Japan. Yet, everyone around me was carrying on with their day, seemingly unbothered. It’s the sort of danger that the Japanese have come to live with. Japan occupies one of the most precarious geographical positions anywhere in the world. Its closest neighbors include Russia, North Korea and China. Earlier this year, North Korea resumed test-...
Chicago Tribune
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Last-minute effort to keep Green Party off NC ballot rejected by federal appeals court
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A federal appeals court shot down Democrats’ last-ditch effort to keep the North Carolina Green Party off the November ballot, just one day before the state’s deadline for printing ballots. It’s not the last word on the case in the courts, but any further potential ruling would likely come after ballots have already been printed with the Green Party’s candidates listed. This means that the Green Party’s candidate for U.S. Senate, Matthew Hoh, will almost certainly join the contentious race between Democrat Cheri Beasley and Republican Ted Budd. A Libertarian, Shannon Bray, is...
The Charlotte Observer
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Florida GOP leaders call Mar-a-Lago search a ‘Third-World’ act. Miami exiles debate it
MIAMI — In blasting the unprecedented FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home this week, Florida Republican leaders revived a familiar theme: The targeting of a former president and political foe is something that could only happen in a “Third-World country.” Gov. Ron DeSantis, a rising star in the national Republican Party, said the scene was akin to one in a “banana republic,” a pejorative term that’s been historically used for some politically unstable countries in the Americas. U.S. Sen. Rick Scott said the raid was “3rd World country stuff.” U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio mad...
Miami Herald
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No, the Senate-Passed Reconciliation Bill Won’t Strip $300 Billion From Medicare
Senate Democrats’ reconciliation bill “will strip $300 billion from Medicare.” Ad from the American Prosperity Alliance, posted July 19 As Senate Democrats raced to pass what could be their final piece of major legislation before the midterm elections, critics went to the airwaves to blast the proposal as hurting older Americans who rely on Medicare. Here’s the narration of one ad, sponsored by a group called the American Prosperity Alliance: “Higher gas prices, higher grocery bills, everything today is costing too much. Now, Congress is considering a bill that will strip $300 billion from Med...
Kaiser Health News
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No, the Senate-Passed Reconciliation Bill Won’t Strip $300 Billion From Medicare
Senate Democrats’ reconciliation bill “will strip $300 billion from Medicare.” Ad from the American Prosperity Alliance, posted July 19 As Senate Democrats raced to pass what could be their final piece of major legislation before the midterm elections, critics went to the airwaves to blast the proposal as hurting older Americans who rely on Medicare. Here’s the narration of one ad, sponsored by a group called the American Prosperity Alliance: “Higher gas prices, higher grocery bills, everything today is costing too much. Now, Congress is considering a bill that will strip $300 billion from Med...
California Healthline
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SC Democratic Party files lawsuit to remove Labor Party candidates from 2022 ballot
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Democratic Party has filed a lawsuit to remove Labor Party candidates from the November 2022 ballot. The Labor Party nominated Gary Votour for governor and his running mate Harold Geddings for lieutenant governor, and Lucus Faulk in the 1st Congressional District race during a nominating convention last month despite a dispute among party leaders whether to nominate anyone at all. The state’s Democratic Party argues in the lawsuit that the Labor Party’s convention occurred too late, as state law requires nominating conventions to happen by May 15. Some Labor...
The State (Columbia, S.C.)
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Quarterback Zach Wilson to start Jets' preseason opener, limited to ‘one or two’ series
NEW YORK — Zach Wilson will start but with limited opportunities in the preseason opener Friday, the quarterback’s first action against another team since his disappointing rookie campaign ended seven months ago. Wilson is scheduled for “one or two” series with the starters against the Eagles, according to coach Robert Saleh, before transitioning to backups Joe Flacco and Mike White, in that order. “If the starters put together a good first series, we’ll call it a day,” Saleh said. “If not, we’ll try to go out there and get a certain amount of plays.” For Wilson, the series in Philly are a cul...
New York Daily News
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Mehmet Oz scored a $50,000 annual tax break on his $3.1 million Montgomery County manor
PHILADELPHIA — When Mehmet Oz bought a bucolic farmhouse in Montgomery County last year, he not only acquired property in the state where he’s running for Senate, he also scored a $50,000-a-year tax break. While the purchase seemed designed to put to rest questions about Oz’s ties to the Keystone State that continue to dog his campaign, the large tax rebate could provide ammunition for Democrats seeking to paint Oz as a wealthy, out-of-touch carpetbagger from New Jersey. And while owning property may signal the celebrity doctor’s commitment to Pennsylvania, he’s still not living in the home — ...
The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler concedes primary defeat to Trump-endorsed challenger Joe Kent in Washington state
SEATTLE — Six-term U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler conceded her loss to Donald Trump-endorsed challenger Joe Kent on Tuesday after new vote totals confirmed she would place third in the primary. “Ever since I was first elected to this seat I have done my very best to serve my home region and our country. Though my campaign came up short this time, I’m proud of all we’ve accomplished together for the place where I was raised and still call home,” Herrera Beutler said in a statement. Herrera Beutler did not mention Kent in her statement, but made an apparent reference to her vote to impeach Trum...
The Seattle Times
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2 super PACs are pouring tens of millions into Pennsylvania for Oz and Fetterman ads
PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania was already expected to have one of the most expensive Senate races in the country. Now two super PACs are spending big bucks booking TV time. The Senate Leadership Fund, a GOP super PAC focused on reclaiming the Senate, will pour an additional $9.5 million into promoting Mehmet Oz’s campaign, raising its total pledged spending to about $34 million in the state. The increase reflects a doubling down of Republicans on winning the seat in Pennsylvania and an urgency to get Oz, who had not been on TV until recently, on air. In a sign of how both parties are gearing up ...
The Philadelphia Inquirer
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